The woman's health, child birth, social encumbrances: a clog to efficiency to western educatio

Abstract

The issue of childbirth remains a significant challenge to women in most African countries where culture and patriarchy dominate the women's freedom, reasoning and desire to grow educationally. To a large extent, this has hindered some women's advancement in their educational pursuits. This paper aims to showcase such situations and categorically state that, despite all these challenges, the woman who wishes to advance educationally still did. The paper adopts the African feminist theory, otherwise known as womanism. The theory recognizes the African man or husband as the head, but, reminds them that the woman is an individual with a positive duality and, who must be recognized in society, respected as partners in progress. It is a qualitative research as information is obtained from textbooks, journals, observations, and interactions, among other sources. Findings revealed that the modern African woman who wishes to forge ahead educationally still did, despite her challenges and hurdles to achieving such a feat. The paper concludes that women are achievers, given the numerous roles they play in society. The paper recommends that archaic traditions go into extinction, and men who practice them in these modern times should change.